Food Security hero: Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva is one of the most inspiring thinkers and speakers on the subject of food sovereignty, which refers to the right of all people to control their sources of food according to their own social, cultural, and political needs and not according to the requirements of transnational corporations.

We need an alternative. Biodiverse, organic farms and localized food systems offer us security in times of climate insecurity, while producing more food, producing better food, and creating more livelihoods. The industrialized, globalized food system is based on oil; biodiverse, organic, and local food systems are based on living soil. The industrialized system is based on creating waste and pollution; a living agriculture is based on no waste. The industrialized system is based on monocultures; sustainable systems are based on diversity.

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Vananda Shiva spoke at my daughter’s graduation from Evergreen College. At the time, I didn’t know who she was, but five minutes into her speech, I was wild with admiration. Later she spoke at WTO in Seattle, again electrifying the crowd.